Creative Loafing Atlanta

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

Clubland Confessions

• by Lauren Keating
• Tags: The Blotter, Bizarre Atlanta crimes, Atlanta police reports, Atlanta crime

Atlanta film department on hold

Mayor Reed's plan for a city-run film office is sent back to the editing room

• by Scott Henry
• Tags: News Feature, Michael Bond, Kasim ReedPeter Aman, Hollywood, Film industry, Walking Dead, Michael Akins

City, Occupy Atlanta need to grow up

Each side is playing to its worst stereotypes

• by Editorial Board
• Tags: Opinion, Occupy Atlanta, Fulton County, foreclosure, Woodruff Park, downtown

Our nation owes more to its servicemen and women

Active duty military, reservists and national guardsmen deserve the support of their government and civilian counterparts

• by Sonia Clark
• Tags: Opinion, Army Reserve, Veteran's Day, Operation Iraqi Freedom, military

Is there a God?

• by Cecil Adams
• Tags: Straight Dope, Straight Dope, Cecil Adams, religion, God, atheism

What would be a better name for "Real Housewives of Atlanta?"

The Last Word

• by CL staff
• Tags: The Last Word, Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Man on the Street, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Bravo, Nene Leakes

Neighborhood News: Trick or treat! Plastic fetuses in Loganville

Also: Five students are hospitalized in Marietta after eating a gnarly pot brownie

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Neighborhood News, MIDTOWN, LOGANVILLE, GRANT PARK, MARIETTA, KIRKWOOD

$20 Dinner with David Sweeney

The Dynamic Dish founder talks clean and healthy food with the 'true urbanite' in mind

• by Wyatt Williams
• Tags: $20 Dinners, $20 dinners with..., David Sweeney, Dynamic Dish, Cakes & Ale, The Bakery at Cakes & Ale

Cheap Eats: Jamrock Jerk Center

Soul satisfaction at new Capitol View Jamaican

• by Brad Kaplan
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Jamrock Jerk Center, Jamaican, Downtown

First Look: Barcelona Wine Bar

A taste of Spain in Inman Park

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, Barcelona Wine Bar, Spanish, tapas, Inman Park, Zaya, Michael Blydenstein, Emeril Lagasse

NY hip-hop's shifting identity: Where you at, son?

From ASAP Rocky to Donny Goines, rap's polemics of place are up for grabs

• by Rodney Carmichael
• Tags: Music Feature, Donny Goines, Sha Stimuli, ASAP Rocky, New York Times, Atlanta hip-hop, Harlem, syzurp, screw music, boom-bap

Shelby Lynne: Revelation Road

After bitter struggles with numerous record labels, Lynne has finally gotten the freedom she wanted

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Everso Records, Shelby Lynne

Señor Kaos: The Kaos Effect

His razor-sharp voice has the ability to cut through any din, be it on stage or in the studio

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Senor Kaos, High Water Music

Freestyle Fellowship: The Promise

The heady, psychedelic collective hasn't sounded quite this liberated in almost 20 years

• by M.T. Richards
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Freestyle Fellowship, Decon Records

The Real Housewives of Atlanta are One. Hot. Mess.

I love RHOA. And you know you do, too.

• by Bobby Feingold
• Tags: Cover Story, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives, Bravo, Reality TV, Andy Cohen, Nene Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield, Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey, Cover Story

Think you know your Real Housewives of Atlanta?

A 'RHOA' primer, complete with totally accurate and indisputable predictions of their glamorous futures

• by Bobby Feingold
• Tags: Cover Story, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives, Bravo, Reality TV, Andy Cohen, Nene Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield, Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey

The Real Real Housewives of Atlanta

What the show would look like with the city's actual elite

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Cover Story, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives, Bravo, Reality TV, Andy Cohen, Nene Leakes, Kim Zolciak, Sheree Whitfield, Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey, Shirley Franklin, Arthur Blank, Stephanie Blank, Anne Cox Chambers, Tyler Perry, Amy Carter, Blondie

J. Edgar Hoovers up the dirt on FBI director

Clint Eastwood film has plenty of intel but lacks passion

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar, FBI, Clint Eastwood

ReATLity bites

Unscripted TV shows give Atlanta a makeover

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Cover Story, Reality TV, Auction Kings, Chopped, Braxton Family Values, Mega Dens, Say Yes to the Dress, Sunday Best, Toya: A Family Affair, Bad Girls Club, The Family Hustle, The First 48, JJK Security, The Kandi Factory

Pedro Almodovar comfortable in his own Skin

Antonio Banderas shines as an obsessive surgeon on the verge of a nervous breakdown

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movies, Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In, Antonio Banderas

Bobby's Reality Check: "Real Housewives of Atlanta"

Weekly TV recaps on the reality show

• by Bobby Feingold

11 Things to love about 11.11.11

Step right up to the Lucky Penny's Spectacular! Spectacular! art extravaganza

• by Andrew Alexander
• Tags: A&E Feature, Lucky Penny, Good Food Truck, The Back Pockets, Sugar Coated Radical, Dance Truck, Dance, Jill Sigman

Ronald K. Brown delivers EVIDENCE of African-American history

Renowned New York-based choreographer reps Atlanta

• by Andrew Alexander
• Tags: Dance, Dance, Ronald K. Brown, EVIDENCE, African-American history, Annique S. Roberts, Otis Donovan Herring, 2 Kids and a Dream

Synchronicity sets theater abuzz with Vibrator Play

Victorian-era sex comedy takes pleasure into its own hands

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Theater Review, In the Next Room, The Vibrator Play, Synchronicity Theatre, Sarah Ruhl

Atlanta Contemporary Art Center has a strong Sex Drive

Group show experiments with different sexual positions

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Visual Arts, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Sex Drive, Forest McMullin, Stuart Horodner, Leon Golub, Mira Schor, Tracey Emin, sex